Printing OWL Resources

All pages on the new OWL are printable (and actually look nothing like the pages you see on screen—but work well as printed documents).

Image Caption: Clicking this icon will assemble all sections of a handout for one-click printing.

However, because our longer handouts are broken up over multiple pages for easy viewing and linking (and more precise search results), we offer a way to view all of a resource's sections at once for one-click printing. When you print off a copy, you must include the full legal notice that appears at the resource's end.

For users of the old OWL who were used to being able to download PDFs: we're not currently offering PDFs of our material. Users may, of course, make their own PDFs for personal use—though we do not allow reposting of our content in any electronic form.

Requesting to Copy OWL Resources

The Purdue OWL is meant to help teachers. While we strongly encourage you to link to OWL rather than print off material, we understand that there are situations where printed copies are required.

Image Caption: Clicking this icon will open an email form to request making multiple copies of a handout.

In most cases (unless you're requesting more than 200 copies or are charging participants for a workshop or some similar event), you may photocopy OWL materials for free. However, we ask that you please contact us for one-time permission to do so.

When you photocopy OWL resources, you must include the full legal notice that appears at the resource's end. Remember that we do NOT allow any reposting of our content, in original or modified forms, in any electronic format. See our Fair Use Policy for additional details.

Linking to OWL Resources

Linking to OWL and OWL resources is absolutely free and encouraged!

Image Caption: Clicking this icon will open an email form to tell OWL when you link to a page.

However, we do like hearing from users about the pages they're linking to—keeping numbers on this type of activity helps us to demonstrate the worth of OWL to the world community. Our contact form also allows you to include the URL of your page you're linking to us from—just because we enjoy seeing the kinds of sites instructors, students, and others are building that link to OWL.

These pages will help you learn about the features of the new OWL at Purdue site, including printing, requesting copies, linking, reporting errors/problems, and navigating the new design.

How to Navigate the New OWL

This resource will help you navigate the new OWL design. If you are still having problems finding the materials you need, please use the OWL's search box at the top of the navigation bar on the left side of the page or the OWL's Site Map.

At the top of new OWL pages, you will find the seven major areas of the Purdue OWL Family of Sites:

Purdue OWL: pages containing the writing resources

Writing Lab: pages containing information on the lab located in 226 Heavilon Hall on Purdue's West Lafayette, Indiana, campus in the USA.

F. ESL: This area contains resources on: Teaching and Tutoring ESL Writing ESL Writing for Students

Below the writing categories, you will find the breadcrumb list showing where you are in the OWL. To return to the OWL home page, either select Purdue OWL at the top left side of the page or select Purdue OWL from the breadcrumb list. To return to the splash page of the Purdue OWL Family of Sites, select OWL Family of Sites in the breadcrumb list.

The image below shows the link to the OWL home page, the link in the breadcrumbs to the home page of the entire OWL Family of Sites (the splash page), and the breadcrumbs:

You may use the links to the major areas of the OWL, the writing categories, and/or the breadcrumbs to navigate the OWL. Or you may use the navigation bar at the left side of OWL pages. Please note that the navigation bar will change to show resources available within each writing category. To find specific writing resources, select links in the navigation bar:

1. Select the writing category.

2. Select the sub-category

3. Lastly, select the writing resource

The page content to the right of the navigation bar will reflect the writing category you are in and the writing resource you have selected.

Below the navigation bar, you will find the Suggested Resources box, which contains links to popular and helpful OWL material.

At any point during your search for OWL resources, you may use the OWL search box at the top of the navigation bar, or you may select the link to the OWL Site Map at the top right side of OWL pages.